Gu Ning, a top modern chef, transmigrates into a cruel woman in an ancient famine who tried to sell her nephew. She binds an agriculture system. With cooking skills and planting knowledge, she grows potatoes and yams, leading her family and villagers to survive the famine. She fights greedy neighbors, crooked merchants and imperial forces trying to seize their harvest. She wins favor from the traveling princess. Eventually, she spreads high-yield seeds across the land, rising from a village girl into a revered Shennong who saves countless lives.
